Timeline for What does North American mixed dried fruit contain?
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| Apr 30, 2017 at 13:26 | comment | added | Joe | @dlb : You know that the red cherries are dyed, too, right? thespruce.com/the-truth-about-maraschino-cherries-759977 . I guess in the US, they tend to be more 'candied' fruit, rather than just 'dried' fruit. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 22:20 | comment | added | dlb | @Joe Most of what I have seen in the US sold as mixed dried fruits is indeed what you would use for a trail mix base, often with carob, chocolate and/or nuts added. Most of the perpetual gift fruit cakes I have ever seen use those strange concoctions candied fruits like dyed green cherries, and very different product, however recipes that use dried fruits seem to be becoming much more frequent, more of a very tasty treat and far less of a joke item. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 22:04 | vote | accept | Borodin | ||
| Apr 29, 2017 at 12:27 | comment | added | Joe | That almost sounds more like snacks that you'd take on a hike ... not at all what I'd think of as a fruitcake blend. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 0:06 | comment | added | Jolenealaska♦ | Nice thing about doing it that way is that you can use more of your favorites, and less of what you don't like as much. For fruit cake, I'd also consider dried pineapple. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 0:05 | comment | added | Borodin | I never thought of searching the stores. That's excellent, thank you. I can't buy anything like that in the UK, but all those fruits are available separately and I can just make up the mixture myself. | |
| Apr 29, 2017 at 0:04 | history | edited | Jolenealaska♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Apr 28, 2017 at 23:59 | history | answered | Jolenealaska♦ | CC BY-SA 3.0 |